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30/01/2006
'Right to die' plans proposed
Proposals to grant patients the right to die have been drawn up by the government.
The proposals, which were drawn up by the Department for Constitutional Affairs as part of the Mental Capacity Act, would give people with degenerative diseases the right to refuse treatment.
Patients would be able to tick a box on a simple form to nominate a person to act on the behalf and either give or refuse consent for life sustaining treatment, including medicines, food and water, to be administered.
Ministers say that the proposals would give patients a greater say in their care, should they become so ill that they cannot communicate their wishes themselves.
However, critics of the proposals have suggested that they offer "euthanasia through the back door".
(KMcA)
The proposals, which were drawn up by the Department for Constitutional Affairs as part of the Mental Capacity Act, would give people with degenerative diseases the right to refuse treatment.
Patients would be able to tick a box on a simple form to nominate a person to act on the behalf and either give or refuse consent for life sustaining treatment, including medicines, food and water, to be administered.
Ministers say that the proposals would give patients a greater say in their care, should they become so ill that they cannot communicate their wishes themselves.
However, critics of the proposals have suggested that they offer "euthanasia through the back door".
(KMcA)
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